Pure Gold from the Words of Sayyidī ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz al-Dabbāgh prints

Pure Gold from the Words of Sayyidī ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz al-Dabbāgh printsAround 1720 in Fez Amad b. al Mubrak al Lama, a religious scholar, wrote down the words and teachings of the Sufi master Abd al Azz al Dabbgh. Al Dabbgh shied away from official religious studies but, having reached illumination and met with the Prophet Muammad, he was able to explain any obscurities in the Qurn, adths and sayings of earlier Sufis. The resulting book, known as the Ibrz, describes how al Dabbgh attained illumination and access to the

is remembered-if he is remembered at all-as a translator of the Qur’an

Nazry Bahrawi reveals how the Andalusi philosophers tamed the secular

and The Censure of Deceit

offering lessons of perseverance

We are transported into the traditional world of grinding pigments

Hafiz Saheb passed on there was apparently disagreement as to how he should be buried

With luminous prose and searing honesty

The seasoned translator

prostrated itself … before God

to help us look in a new direction

This is why Ibn ‘Arabī would declare

” — Poem 24